2005 in coasters

Events by year

2004	2005 in coasters	2006
2004	2005 in rides	2006

This page is for everything related to roller coasters, powered coasters, and alpine coasters, that occurred during the year 2005.

Opened

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened
Roller	1066	Festyland	France	Sit-Down	Soquet	March 27
Roller	Atlantica SuperSplash	Europa Park	Germany	Water	Mack Rides	March 19
Roller	Bat	Lagoon	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	April 16
Roller	Cliffhanger	Blackgang Chine	UK	Family	I.E. Park	May 28
Roller	Cobra	PowerLand	Finland	Shuttle	Vekoma	Unknown
Roller	Formule 1	Parc Saint Paul	France	Wild Mouse	Pax Company	June 12
Roller	G Force	Drayton Manor	UK	Sit-Down	Maurer AG	July 26
Roller	Hades	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	USA	Wooden Hybrid	The Gravity Group	May 14
Roller	Hydra the Revenge	Dorney Park	USA	Floorless	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 7
Roller	Italian Job: Stunt Track	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	Launched	Premier Rides	May 1
Roller	Italian Job: Stunt Track	Kings Island	USA	Launched	Premier Rides	May 20
Roller	Kingda Ka	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Launched Strata	Intamin	May 21
Roller	Krachen	Al-Shallal Theme Park	Saudi Arabia	Shuttle	Vekoma	June 28
Roller	Raging Spirits	Tokyo DisneySea	Japan	Sit-Down	Intamin	July 21
Roller	Rita	Alton Towers	UK	Launched	Intamin	April 1
Roller	Road Runner Express	Great Escape	USA	Family	Zamperla	May
Roller	Selva Encantada	Travelling	Spain	Wild mouse Water	L&T Systems	Unknown
Roller	SheiKra	Busch Gardens Tampa	USA	Dive	Bolliger & Mabillard	May 21
Roller	Space Mountain	Hong Kong Disneyland	China	Enclosed	Vekoma	September 12
Roller	Sequoia Adventure	Gardaland	Italy	Sit-Down	S&S	April 30
Roller	Superman Escape	Warner Bros. Movie World	Australia	Launched	Intamin	December 26
Roller	VeggieTales Sideshow Spin	Dollywood	USA	Kiddie	L&T Systems	Unknown
Roller	Velocity	Flamingo Land	UK	Launched Motorbike	Vekoma	July 2

Relocations

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Klondike Gold Mine	Funland Amusement Park	UK	Sit-Down	Pinfari	Unknown	Klondike Gold Mine at Drayton Manor
Roller	Z40 Roller Coaster	Tir Prince Family Fun Fair	UK	Sit-Down	Unknown	Unknown	Zyclone at Funland Amusement Park

Rethemed/Refurbishments

Class	Name	Park	Location	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Formerly
Roller	Doo Wopper	Morey's Piers	USA	Wild Mouse	Zamperla	May 14	N/A
Roller	Fairly Odd Coaster	Paramount Carowinds	USA	Wooden Family	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	1975	Scooby Doo's Ghoster Coaster.
Roller	Hey Arnold's Taxi Chase	Paramount Carowinds	USA	Family	E&F Miler Industries	1998	Taxi Jam.
Roller	Marche du Mille-pattes	La Ronde	Canada	Terrain Family	Arrow Dynamics	1967	Petites Montagnes Russes.
Roller	Space Mountain.	Disneyland Park	USA	Enclosed	Dynamic Structures	May 27, 1977	N/A
Roller	Space Mountain: Mission 2	Disneyland Paris	France	Launched Enclosed	Vekoma	June 1, 1995	Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune

Closures

Class	Name	Park	Country	Type	Manufacturer	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Batman The Escape	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Stand-Up	Intamin	April 24, 1993	October 30	Six Flags Darien Lake
Roller	Bush Wacker	Rainbow Valley	Canada	Kiddie	B. A. Schiff & Associates	1992	September	N/A
Roller	Cyclone	Williams Grove Amusement Park	USA	Wooden	Oscar Bitler	1933	Unknown	N/A
Powered	Dragon Coaster	Santa's Village	USA	Kiddie	Zamperla	1995	Unknown	Vertical Endeavors
Roller	Dragon Wagon	Libertyland	USA	Kiddie	Wisdom Rides	Unknown	October 29	N/A
Roller	Greezed Lightnin'	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Launched Shuttle	Schwarzkopf	1978	October 30	Joyland Amusement Park
Roller	High Roller	Stratosphere Tower	USA	Family	S&MC	April 29, 1996	December 30	N/A
Roller	Mayan Mindbender	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Enclosed	Vekoma	1995	October 30	Wonderland
Roller	Mega Zeph	Six Flags New Orleans	USA	Wooden Hybrid	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	May 20, 2000	August 21	N/A
Roller	Muskrat Scrambler	Six Flags New Orleans	USA	Wild Mouse	L&T Systems	May 20, 2000	August 21	N/A
Roller	Revolution	Libertyland	USA	Sit-Down	Arrow Dynamics	1979	October 29	DelGrosso's Amusement Park
Roller	Road Runner's Express	Six Flags New Orleans	USA	Family	Vekoma	May 20, 2000	August 21	Six Flags Magic Mountain
Roller	Roller Coaster	Burlington Amusement Park	Canada	Kiddie	Allan Herschell Company	1960	September	Shining Waters Family Fun Park
Roller	Scooby's Ghoster Coaster	Paramount's Kings Island	USA	Suspended Single rail Family	Caripro	April 1998	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Serial Thriller	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Inverted	Vekoma	May 29, 1999	October 30	Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
Roller	Serpent	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Hybrid Terrain Family	Arrow Dynamics	1969	October 30	N/A
Roller	Texas Cyclone	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Wooden	Frontier Construction Company	June 12, 1976	October 30	N/A
Roller	Toboggan	Grand Prix Amusements	Canada	Sit-Down	Chance Rides	1999	Unknown	N/A
Roller	Typhoon	Santa's Village AZoosment Park	USA	Sit-Down	Top Fun	July 27, 1998	Unknown	Los Angeles County Fairgrounds
Roller	Ultra Twister	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Pipeline	TOGO	1990	October 30	Six Flags America
Roller	Viper	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Sit-Down	Schwarzkopf	1989	October 30	N/A
Roller	XLR-8	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	Suspended	Arrow Dynamics	May 12, 1984	October 30	N/A
Roller	Zippin Pippin	Libertyland	USA	Wooden	National Amusement Device Company	1923	October 29	N/A
Roller	Zydeco Scream	Six Flags New Orleans	USA	Shuttle	Vekoma	June 10, 2000	August 21	N/A